Abstract
Within the framework of the Horizon 2020 thematic network Inno4Grass (www.inno4grass.eu), 55 'practice & science meetings' have been carried out using a multi-stakeholder, participatory approach, in order to bridge the gap between science and practice and deliver a comprehensive analysis of grassland innovations across eight European countries. ree project phases can be distinguished: (1) common guidelines under discussion, (2) introduction and preliminary test of the guidelines, (3) additional training on the discussion process. A structured feedback on the meetings held was provided by the organisers by means of a questionnaire, including information about duration, preparatory material, participants, discussion methods and evaluation of the meetings by the organisers. is information allows computing of mean values and distribution of the most relevant variables. Only a few of them were aaected by the project phase. In particular, there was an increase in the use of farm portraits and of scientiic literature over the project phases. All aspects describing the success of meetings were positively assessed. is suggests that the methodology for the conduction of the practice & science meetings within Inno4Grass was already relatively well established at the beginning of the project.